I unknowingly grew up with ‘pick me’ women. Though the term “pick me” was born from irreverent discourse on Black TikTok — used to describe women who seek validation from men by denouncing other women and expressing traits that make them seem different from the rest — I have witnessed […]
When Danielle*, 32, moved in with her then-partner Michael in 2019, they had only been dating for five months. She had just got back to London after living abroad and she wasn’t making much money as a nanny. Michael was also struggling on a low publishing salary and so it […]
Credit: WPA Pool / Getty Since moving to California, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been working on many different projects, including lending her time to causes related to social justice, the environment and more. As such, she continues to be recognised with various honours, the latest coming courtesy of prestigious […]
Credit: Karwai Tang / Getty After Queen Elizabeth II‘s sad passing last week, official events have been unfolding one by one to properly honour her life. One of the largest of these events so far happened yesterday, 14th September, at Westminster Hall, where the monarch’s coffin was transported to begin […]
A look at the season ahead. New York Fashion Week is back, and with lockdown as a thing of the past, this season the city has bucked digital presentations in favour of IRL events. NYC has been abuzz with editors, influencers and buyers, all eager to see what designers have […]
Credit: ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS / Getty Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II had sadly passed away on Thursday 8th September, and the news came as a huge shock to the world. Key political and religious figures have since shared their condolences, and the royal family has also posted tributes to […]
Credit: DANIEL LEAL / Getty After receiving Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Buckingham Palace and Westminster Hall, Prince William and Kate Middleton made their way to Sandringham in Norfolk on 15th September to view the flowers and other tributes left there to honour the Queen. In Sandringham, as in Windsor […]
On September 8, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96, after 70 years as the nation and commonwealth’s monarch. In the days since, we’ve been prescribed a national mood: a palpable sense of mourning amongst a substantial majority of the British public. Events have been […]
Warning! Mild spoilers ahead. Many TV shows and movies have featured characters with autism but a lot of them have struggled to get it right due to stereotyping, a lack of research or casting non-autistic people. In Netflix’s Heartbreak High reboot, which premieres globally on 14th September, the complexities of […]
For some, high heels are a tool of the patriarchy and a symbol of hypersexualisation. For others, it is simply a shoe that becomes uncomfortable five minutes into wearing it. Controversial reputation aside though, most fashion lovers can agree that the high heel is a feat of engineering. Coming in […]
